Choral services
Sung prayer has been offered in Westminster Abbey nearly every day for over a thousand years. Today, services are sung daily during term time by the world-renowned Choir of Westminster Abbey, and by visiting choirs when the Abbey Choir is in recess.
The music sung ranges from Gregorian chant dating from the first millennium to contemporary music and encompasses the remarkable richness and variety of the Anglican choral tradition.
This week's choral services
| Sunday, 18th October 2026 | |||||
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| Twentieth Sunday after Trinity | |||||
| THE DEDICATION OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY, 1269 | |||||
| 10.30am | Sung Eucharist | High Altar | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Rheinberger Cantus missae Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon Theologian and Almoner |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong attended by The Lord Mayor of Westminster and the Mayors of the London Boroughs | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Bruckner Locus iste a Deo factus est Preacher: The Right Reverend Dr Rosemarie Mallett Bishop of Croydon, Diocese of Southwark |
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| 6.00pm | Sung Eucharist of the Twentieth Sunday after Trinity | St Margaret's Church | |||
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort | Howells Collegium Regale Preacher: The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival Sacrist |
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| Monday, 19th October 2026 | |||||
| St Luke the Evangelist | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong with the Installation of a Member of College | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Te lucis ante terminum |
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| Tuesday, 20th October 2026 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Te lucis ante terminum |
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| Thursday, 22nd October 2026 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Te lucis ante terminum |
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| Friday, 23rd October 2026 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey; attended by the High Commissioner of the Republic of Zambia | plainsong Te lucis ante terminum |
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| Saturday, 24th October 2026 | |||||
| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | Muhly Occuli omnium in te sperant |
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